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catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information is available at macfound.org. additional support is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the john and helen glessner family trust, supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. and by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. >> today is finally the day. the presidential nominees have made their final... >> today is decision day in america and we are taking a look at the presidential race... >> after a long, contentious presidential race... >> narrator: on election day, donald trump and his senior campaign team were huddled at trump tower. >> they went into election night believing that they were going to lose. >> ...as the polls close across the country... >> narrator: at 5:00 they received the first exit polls. >> we're counting down to the first poll closings right now... >> when we got those early returns, the exit polls, and i actually got it about 5:01, w

catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information is available at macfound.org. additional support is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the john and helen glessner family trust, supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. and by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. >> narrator: two days after the election, donald trump and barack obama, old antagonists, met each other for the first time. >> there was something surreal about it. they had so much of a past. trump had said such hurtful and mean-spirited things about obama for years and years. and now here they were, just feet apart from each other. >> well, i just had the opportunity to have an excellent conversation with president-elect trump. >> to see the two of them in the oval office was kind of the, you know, the final moment of, how in the world did this happen and what have we just gone through? >> narrator: for trump, it was the beginning of a n

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